Finding Hope

Chapter 95: Fighting For The Future (1)

Tsubaki's pov

My heart felt heavy being back in the very spot both Asher and Mai died, it wasn't easy thinking about how they sacrificed themselves so that we would survive. I stared at the spot, wondering what happened to them after we went to the present. Maybe some of the survivors collected their bodies, I immediately shook the thought from my head because I still was having trouble believing they were dead. Bulma gasped at the sight of our home, things were worse than the last time we had been here. "Oh my god.. What happened here? Everything's been destroyed." Bulma asked, "Goku Black happened. Everything had been fine until he showed up." Trunks said, I didn't listen to the conversation as I was too focused on the last time we were here. Having present Bulma here scared me to death, I didn't want to lose another Bulma. Not to the person who wore my father's face. "Tsu," I didn't notice that Vegeta caught me staring at that spot, "Tsubaki!" I snapped out of my thoughts, my heart nearly jumping out of my chest as Vegeta stared at me directly in the face. He was standing so close, I hadn't noticed that he had moved from his previous spot to check on me. "Huh?" I blinked, "Quit spacing out. We need you to stay focused." Just as he said that, a canister flew out of nowhere rolling towards Vegeta's feet. Gas started to leak out, making me sigh as I knew there was only one group that used those canisters. "Shit," I muttered as we heard the marching of footsteps coming closer. There could be only one possible explanation for this. I stepped towards Dad as missiles headed straight for him, Trunks immediately using his sword to cut through them. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that Vegeta was smirking at Trunks' quick thinking. "Hey, cut it out!" I shouted, stopping them before they could throw another attack. I stepped out in front of Dad, making sure that they were not going to attack him again. "What's the meaning of this? Why are you protecting him?! That's Goku Black!" One of the soldiers shouted, "He's not Goku Black!" Trunks stated, putting his sword away. "What do you mean? He looks just like him!" Another soldier shouted, "That's because Goku Black stole his body from a different timeline! This is not Goku Black! He's Goku! He's not evil. He came here to help." I explained, "What?" The soldiers looked so confused, but they took my word for it, which was a big relief. "Wait a minute! It's Trunks and Tsubaki." One of the officers recognized us, I'm not sure where from but they were surprised. "Remember? At the showdown on Mango Hill, they popped Black one good!" The officer turned towards the second one.

"Ah! P-P-Please excuse us! Trunks, Tsubaki.. Thank you so much for what you did back then.

"Thanks to you, the resistance is-"

"Trunks! Tsubaki!"

"Can I have your autograph, please?!"

"What are you thinking at a time like this?!" Another officer snapped, making me sweatdrop.

"B-But..."

"There's no buts about it!"

"I mean, I'm actually doing my best
not to ask for his autograph myself!"

"You are? Then, let's both ask him together." Trunks and I looked at one another, sharing a confused expression on our faces. My eyes then trailed to Dad, who was looking just as confused as us and then to Vegeta. He had this look on his face that suggested that he was going to lose it, if they kept talking nonsense.

"I mean, I'm actually doing my best not to ask for their autograph myself!"

"No, we couldn't possibly..."

"Wow, talk about mistaken identity! You look almost exactly like Black, you understand?The other man there has such a villainous face, as well."

"They say it's your face's fault."

"No, it's because of your face!"

"No, it ain't. I ain't got a villainous face; it's Black who-" Dad was cut off by Trunks, "Okay!! Th-That's enough." Trunks interrupted, "Gentlemen of the resistance, allow me to introduce you. This is Son Goku and Vegeta, my father. It will take a while to explain all of this." Trunks said, I know he wanted to save them some confusion. "If they're with you, Trunks, Tsubaki.. They must be backup from the past here to help defeat Black, right?" The soldier asked, taking Trunks and I by surprise. "Huh?" Trunks asked. There were only two people outside of Mom and Momma B, who knew our plan. "This is a surprise, huh? Of all people, the backup is someone who looks just like Black, and someone who looks even more villainous than Black."